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Saturday May 29, 2010 

WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL SPECIALIZED MODEL UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE & INTERNATIONAL GAMING CONFERENCE VIII

16800 Shoemaker Avenue  Cerritos  CA  90703 

562-926-5566 x22355  Fax: 562-924-8964


News and Other Updates

Monday, May 25, 2009  The 2009 conference is over.  We had 551 delegates total from18 different schools.  We're right in the middle of our "post-mortem" analysis of the conference.  Each highlighted committee on the right-hand column has information about what happened in the committee, a list of winner and their schools, and photographs.


CONFERENCE PHOTOS FROM 2008 HERE!


Conference Information for WHSMUN VIII in 2010

Whitney High School's late May conference focuses on specialized committees and "International Gaming".  We are not a  traditional Model United Nations conference with familiar, pure academic committees.  At the end of the year, most delegates are "M.U.N.'ed out" and enjoy a bit of break from the ordinary.    

 

We don't require position papers at our conference because of the unique nature of most of our committees. 

 

Tentative Conference Schedule:

 

8:30 to 9:30 Registration in front of the gym.
9:00 to 9:30 Opening ceremonies at our gym.  Get last minute information, changes of  room (if any), be introduced to our chairs.  We'll do our best to keep it short.
9:30 to Noon The first committee session.
Noon to 1:15

Lunch

1:15 to 4:00 The second committee session
4:30 to 5:15 Closing ceremonies.

 

Individual delegate fee:  $20.00.  Checks are preferred to cash.  Please address check to "Whitney High School".

 

School fee: $20.00

 

Lunch choices:  We've decided to change our lunch choice back to what they were last year for reasons of logistics.  We'll be doing Subway boxed lunches, which includes the sandwich itself, chips, a big cookie, and a drink.  Choices include  Turkey Club / Italian / Honey Ham / Vegetarian at a first come, first served basis.  We will order extra vegetarian meals just in case.

 

At lunch:  Our lunch is an hour and  fifteen minutes in order to give us time for our traditional lunchtime activities.  They include ethnic dancers from our Korean, Chinese, Indian, and Filipino groups.  There is an MUN trivia quiz bowl.  We'll also have a DJ and end-of-the-year dance.

 

Awards:  Awards in all committees will be determined based on performance and ability.  Cooperation rather than showboating or "hard balling" will be rewarded.  Certificates will be given for commendable and outstanding delegate work.  Gavels will be rewarded in all committees.

 

We define a large, medium, or small school delegation based on the physical number of delegates brought to our conference.  If for example, Tustin High school, which has a huge MUN program, brings in 70 delegates, it would be designated as a large school.  However, if Tustin brings in only 5 delegates, they would be eligible for the small school delegation award.  We cannot tell you what the cut off for large or small delegations are until the actual day of the conference!

 

Participation:  Novice delegates are defined as 1st year MUN students who are freshmen or sophomores.  Advanced delegates are any 2nd to 4th year students or juniors and seniors.  Our chairs are instructed to consider any advanced student in a novice position as disqualified for an award.  Please understand our reasoning and try not to create any inappropriate assignments. 

 

Please help us!  Like all MUN Secretariats, we strive for fair and balanced chairs and judgment of delegate performance.  We aren't perfect and sometimes we might not notice something in committee that you do.  If there is a question about procedure, bias, etc. please let your advisor know so he can get in touch with our advisor, who will then deal with the issue.  We'll do our best to keep delegates from wasting time as well!

 


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OUR 2009 CONFERENCE POST-MORTEM

Setting Up the Conference

ADVANCED COMMITTEE POST-MORTEMS

Security Council I

           Open Agenda

Security Council II

          Open Agenda

League of Nations

          Japanese Expansion in the Pacific

          Czechoslovakia

World Economic Forum

          Business Outlook for China

          Involvement in Latin America

Crisis Simulation--Chinese Cabinet

Crisis Simulation--Taiwan Cabinet

          China & Taiwan

International Monetary Fund

          Microloans

          Terrorist Financing

Diplomacy:  Diplomatic Europe

          Europe in 1900

Diplomacy:  World War II

          Europe from 1939 to 1945

Mafia Council

          The Castellamarese War

Rise of Robespierre

          France during the Revolution

Constitutional Convention

          Drafting a Modern US Constitution

Jedi Council

          Sith Resolution

          Cloned Soldiers

NOVICE COMMITTEE POST-MORTEMS

Security Council I

          Israel and Palestine Conflict

          Piracy in Somalia

Security Council II

          Sanctions Against North Korea

          Conflict in Somalia

Security Council III

          Open Agenda

Historical Security Council

           1994 Rwanda Genocide

           1956 Hungarian Revolution

International Criminal Court

          Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

          Joseph Stalin (Fictional Scenario)

International Court of Justice

            USA v Iran (1975)

            Georgia v Russia (2008)

World Bank

          Loan Proposal on Climate Change

          Loan Proposal on Economic Stimulus

Diplomacy:  Berlin Congress of 1884

          The Scramble for Africa

Diplomacy:  Congress of Vienna (1815)

          Redrawing Europe after the fall of

          Napoleon

Crisis Simulation:

          USA / Cuba: Guantanamo Bay